In the story, “Thank you m`am” Ms. Jones was very stern with Roger. She was a large women and she had a large purse. She was very relaxed and cool. In her mind she said she needed to fix that boy. She asks him why he would steal her purse and he just wanted a pair of shoes. She wasn’t afraid of anything. Ms. Jones was very helpful to him and his actions. The short story and movie of, “Thank you m`am” there were some similarities and differences. In the story it was night time. Ms. Jones worked at a salon and she was relatively old looking and large. Throughout the story the reason Roger waned to steal her purse was because he wanted shoes. At the end of the story she gave him $10. In the movie Ms. Jones wasn’t very large and looked young.